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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 24, 2003 3:58 PM

Any one know if there are any detailed railroad maps that show sidings, yards, spurs etc.

N.D.

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mudchicken

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:23 PM

For most people's use, try looking at SPV's Rail Atlasses for a given state (rough scale of 1" = 20 miles)... They do fairly well with an occasional mistake/blunder locating active and abandoned lines. For a little more detail, try looking at a USGS quad sheet for a given area. Anything more dtailed than that and you wind up looking at railroad cadastre which can cost $40-50 a sheet whether you are qualified to purchase it from the railroad or get the 1920 version out of the national archives (Archives-2, Rockville, MD).... Your local GIS agency (example: county assessor)may have something, but most likely it's junk not worth the paper it's printed on.

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 25, 2003 9:22 PM

Thanks you helped me alot!!!

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 4:13 AM

Here's another idea. Check out www.terraserver.com
There you will find topo.maps, plus aerial photos of anywhere in the U.S. Great site!
Todd C.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 2:16 PM

Thanks I will have to check it out!!!

N.D.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, March 29, 2003 9:37 PM

Anyone familiar with the I.C.C. valuation maps that were done in the 1920's that covered just about everything in RR erxistance at the time. I have only seen a few in my day and I understand that they may have gone to the Library of Congress. I would like to see a source for these.

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mudchicken

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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, March 30, 2003 10:00 PM

All ICC Val Maps that have survived plus land schedules, field notes, photographs, etc. are at National Archives II at College Park/Rockville, MD. (University of MD campus in a HUGE building)...You'll need a vendor to pull and copy the stuff (Archives staff is small, getting smaller and VERY territorial)...If you've got $$$ to spend, talk to Cyndy Gilley at Do-You Graphics in Woodbine, MD (www.do-you.tv) to pull what you're looking for. Also take a look at Archives' David Pfiefer "Reference Information Paper - 91" that is posted on the web under the National Railway Locomotive & Historical Society website.

Maps are mostly 1914-1919

Archives II also has BLM/GLO filing maps for railroads built after 1870, mostly West of the Mississippi including many that were never built.

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west

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